Starke County official found dead of apparent suicide

February 18, 2008|Tribune Staff Report

The superintendent of the Starke County Highway Department was found dead in his truck of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound last week.

According to Detective Ron Lawson of the Starke County SheriffÂ?s Office, Pete Stanojevic was found in the cab of his truck parked at the Starke County Highway Department garage shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday.

"We were called out there after he was discovered in the truck," Lawson said. "The cause of death appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound."